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Replying To CARPS:  "Would you prefer we used 'Queen's County?'"
This forum has a lovely Carlow Sugar Factory in the 1940s vibe. It's lovely the way the past is honoured because I haven't seen some of these pre 1922 terms in use by older people since the 70s.

CC2020 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 177 - 07/06/2026 13:45:21    2678486

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Replying To Carlowtothecore1:  "You're hardly claiming justification on one poor performance, hardly?? Completely under performed. Forget tactics, convert some of these misses, easy misses, could Have been a 10pt win. They're great men, gave us another great occasion. Can only see them stick together, hurling is there lives, carlow hurling
as it has to be. Some of that shooting today was junior B standard, they know that!. Our boys are Leinster senior standard when on their A game, great men, proud carlow men, and proud hurling men and they will be back, Chris, James D, Mouse, Ciaran W, Dion W, Mac, . Add in young talented men like Jack T, Evan K, F Fitz, Donagh M, Conor K, all top men and top players mixing it at highest level and we'll rise again next year… Leix beat us 2/7 last attempts, all big games. They're also too good to loose all of them to be fair."
I said it after first Joe MC game so it's hardly a case that im basing it on yesterday.........I know we were missing players for league but it was a disgrace really. Our performance against Antrim in a must win game was even worse than yesterday

Bimb (Carlow) - Posts: 606 - 07/06/2026 13:45:28    2678487

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Replying To The_Pebble:  "Laois played a better brand of hurling, as their manager said they didn't even play well, and yet they won pulling up.

Shot execution is part of the skills of hurling. Carlow looked like a team lacking the basic execution of scoring. As a neutral Laois had a discernable pattern of play. Carlow didn't."
I can't say if Laois played well or not as we didn't turn up at all. We definitely didn't perform.
I wouldn't expect you to understand as the bigger boys don't generally keep tabs on what's happened in the weaker counties. Yesterday was a massive under performance from Carlow. Only 6 weeks ago Carlow hammered Laois in the 1st round by 9 points.
Yes Carlows shooting was terrible yesterday but iv never seen that before from them. It was just one of them days. I think ye had a total collapse in the All Ireland last year so can happen to anyone.

carlo (Carlow) - Posts: 345 - 07/06/2026 13:48:08    2678488

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Replying To CC2020:  "This forum has a lovely Carlow Sugar Factory in the 1940s vibe. It's lovely the way the past is honoured because I haven't seen some of these pre 1922 terms in use by older people since the 70s."
With the way Kilkenny club hurling is going, honouring the past will be a Kilkenny feature as well.

CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 179 - 07/06/2026 13:57:44    2678490

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Replying To Bimb:  "I said it after first Joe MC game so it's hardly a case that im basing it on yesterday.........I know we were missing players for league but it was a disgrace really. Our performance against Antrim in a must win game was even worse than yesterday"
Shouldn't use terms like disgrace to describe a squad of lads that have brought glory to the county for a decade.

Losses are part of sport.

carlovia (None) - Posts: 1554 - 07/06/2026 14:06:57    2678494

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